Bill Text: TX HB246 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on the property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB246 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB246-Introduced.html

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85R1007 AJZ-D
By: Anchia H.B. No. 246

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a
handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on the property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.06(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(3) "Written communication" means:
(A) a card or other document on which is:
(i) written language identical to the
following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code, Concealed Carry
of Handguns Prohibited [(trespass by license holder with a
concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter
411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this
property with a concealed handgun]"; and
(ii) a pictogram that shows a handgun
within a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun; or
(B) a sign posted on the property that:
(i) includes:
(a) the language described by
Paragraph (A)(i) [(A)] in both English and Spanish; and
(b) the pictogram described by
Paragraph (A)(ii);
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with
block letters at least one inch in height; and
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
clearly visible to the public.
SECTION 2. Section 30.07(c)(3), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(3) "Written communication" means:
(A) a card or other document on which is:
(i) written language identical to the
following: "Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code, Open Carry of
Handguns Prohibited [(trespass by license holder with an openly
carried handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter
411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this
property with a handgun that is carried openly]"; and
(ii) a pictogram that shows a handgun
within a circle and a diagonal line across the handgun; or
(B) a sign posted on the property that:
(i) includes:
(a) the language described by
Paragraph (A)(i) [(A)] in both English and Spanish; and
(b) the pictogram described by
Paragraph (A)(ii);
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with
block letters at least one inch in height; and
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.